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/krɔs-fˌərtəlɪzˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Cross-fertilization

noun

Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species. Synonym: cross-fertilisation.

Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial. Synonym: cross-fertilisation.

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... for the dispersion of their seeds, but one striking variety prefers to attract bees, and the larger insects for cross-fertilization, and it has therefore assumed brilliant crimson petals of a broadly expanded sort, instead of bearing a succulent edible fruit, This is the highly ornamental Pyrus Japonica, which may so often be seen trained on ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

Words linked to "Cross-fertilization" : fecundation, cross-fertilize, allogamy, reciprocation, cross-fertilisation, give-and-take, fertilization, impregnation, self-fertilization, interchange, fertilisation